Practice Management
Urgent message: The patients most prone to sexually transmitted diseases are also mostly likely not to have a primary doctor. Many will turn to urgent care for help. THOMAS SUNSHINE, MD, FACOG As urgent care physicians, we often are presented with patients who are worried that they may have a sexually transmitted disease or infection (STD/I). The number of yearly visits is difficult to estimate because the diagnosis codes of the visits vary. The Center …
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Urgent message: Vaginal bleeding is a common presentation in the urgent care setting. An assessment of hemodynamic status, as well as an understanding of potential causes, is necessary to initiate treatment and triage the patient correctly. Thomas Sunshine, MD Introduction Patients presenting with what they perceive to be vaginal bleeding will not know whether that bleeding is specifically uterine, cervical, or (rarely) vaginal in origin. It is incumbent upon the urgent care provider to have …
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